Sherrie Price

Employment History

Director

Homesafe , Inc.

Executive Director

Homesafe , Inc.

Published June 25, 2008 03:10 pm - Ashtabula County commissioners gave the green light to Homesafe Inc. director Sherrie Price to file an application for a Justice Assistance Grant to pay for a legal advocate position.

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JEFFERSON -Ashtabula County commissioners gave the green light to Homesafe Inc. director Sherrie Price to file an application for a Justice Assistance Grant to pay for a legal advocate position.

The application to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services is for $26,989.50.

The grant period is from Jan. 1, 2009, to Dec. 3, 2009, according to Price.The legal advocate works with adult victims of domestic violence.

Homesafe Inc. will provide the 25 percent match of $6,747 from its operational funds, including from the United Way, donations and private foundation sources, Price wrote in a memo to the commissioners.

Village Dodge is holding the "Crow the Row" event, soliciting Christmas gifts and food for both Homesafe and the Forbes House shelter in Lake County, Price said.The car dealership has held the holiday project during past years.

Price said the agency's operating budget is slightly more than $300,000 a year.

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The "After Care Room" is arranged according to items and clothing sizes and is expanding, Price said, with the help of the staff.

Published March 01, 2008 12:29 am - ASHTABULA - The county's only domestic violence shelter, Homesafe Inc., is feeling the impact of staggering cuts made in December to the federal government's Victims of Crime Act Fund (VOCA) for this year's budget, says Sherrie Price, Homesafe executive director.

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ASHTABULA - The county's only domestic violence shelter, Homesafe Inc., is feeling the impact of staggering cuts made in December to the federal government's Victims of Crime Act Fund (VOCA) for this year's budget, says Sherrie Price, Homesafe executive director.

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Price said the agency has an operating budget of nearly $400,000 for this year.In addition to the federal grants, which are being cut, the shelter board receives other funds from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, United Way combined federal campaign, private donations from the public and fundraisers held by the agency for its operations.

Price said more bad news came this week when President Bush's administration announced the Fiscal Year '09 federal budget.

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Price said the shelter board of trustees were forced to close the rape crisis program in 2006 because of a lack of funds.

"If a rape victim calls our hotline, we refer them to the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center or the Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).It's even gets worse if local hospitals no longer have special trained sexual assault nurses to handle a rape victim.This shelter helps women from all levels of economic status," she said.

Price said despite the anticipated cuts, the staff is continuing its outreach programs to the public and schools.

Homesafe Inc. director Sherrie Price said four women recently came for help at the county's domestic violence shelter.

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The stories told by the women victims were all the same: promises made for jobs, a home for them and any children they brought - which all turned out ugly, Price said.The agency is seeing more such cases dealing with Internet online dating gone awry.

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Price said the women, who recently found themselves seeking aid at Homesafe shelter, are being helped through other county social service and job agencies.